Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Since I started my small Hinton Hunt project I have been contacted and spoken to other HH collectors and wargamers.

In the last couple of weeks I have received a couple of packages containing some spare figures.

The first package included 9 Grenadiers to and will allow me to form a full 24 figure unit.

3 of the figures are Austrians so will need a little conversion and suitable paint job. They will also need broken muskets replaced. The firing figure is a very nice sculpt and will fit in nicely with my original figures.

The second parcel contained some very useful artillery figures.

Firstly 6 Austrians gunners. All I need now is find a suitable artillery piece.

The parcel also contained 6 French Guard artillerymen. These are very nice figures. I particularly like the officer figure (FN180)

And finally a horse. Not any old horse. My Napoleon now has his Marengo.

Sunday, 7 May 2017

I have almost finished my french cavalry squadron representing the elite sdn of the 8th Hussars. They just need second coat of gloss varnish and humbol grass green on the bases.

The figures are from John Cunninghams recast range and have painted up nicely.

I have decided to base my figures on 30 by 30mm mdf bases with 2 cavalry or 4 infantry. I will also base a few infantry on 30 by 15 and 15 by 15 to allow for casualty removal. 2 figures in each cavalry squadron will based singly on 15 by 30.

I have decided to use this basing as it works well if I use Charge having infantry and cavalry on the same frontage.

So having painted Hungarians and Hussars I am going to paint some Minifig 20mm French Infantry. Hopefully these will be easier as the uniforms are less complex.

About Me

I have been wargaming since 1969 and over that time have collected many different periods.
Over the last 7 years I have gone back to my wargaming roots re discovering the rules I used in my early days including the classic works - Charge and the Wargame.
In 2017 I started collecting Hinton Hunt and other classic Napoleonic figure ranges.